We had hoped to catch the 10:20 train, but _____ it was gone.
She is __________ the newspapers to be thrown away and putting away the rest.
__________ young people are making efforts to take more exercise and eat healthily, they are still putting on weight.
__________ two giraffes (长颈鹿), Zheng He later brought zebras, shells, elephant ivory back to China after his voyages.
Yesterday she sold her car, __________ she bought a month ago.
—Jim lived very close to the college when he was in New York. — __________ he seldom was late for class.